Faucet.



PATENTBD MAY 21, 1907.

G. DUERST.

PAUGET.

APPLICATION FILED 1'33. 16, 1907.

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CASPER DUERST, OF BELLEVUE, PENNSYLVANIA.

FAUCET- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 21, 1907.

Application filed February 16,1907. Serial No. 357,737.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CAsPER DUERST, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Bellevue, in the county of Allegheny and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inFaucets, of which the following is a specification, reference being hadtherein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to faucets, and the invention has for its objectto provide a faucet having a novel valve that can be easily controlled.

My invention aims to provide a faucet or spigot for filling receptacles,the receptacles being placed in engagement with the faucet or spigot toserve functionally as a handle or lever in manipulating the valve of thefaucet or spigot. To this end, I have designed a faucet or spigotparticularly adapted for beer kegs and barrels, the faucet or spigotbeing used to tap the same.

In connection with my improved faucet or spigot I employ novel means forretaining the carbonic acid gas in the keg or barrel, thus maintainingthe contents of the keg or barrel in a better condition than if this gaswas permitted to escape.

With the above and other objects in view, which will more readily appearas the invention is better understood, the same consists in the novelconstruction, combination and arrangement of parts to be hereinaftermore fully described and then specifically pointed out in the appendedclaims, and referring to the drawing forming part of this specification,like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts throughout theseveral views, in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improvedfaucet or spigot, Fig. 2 is an end view of the same, Fig. 3 is a plan,Fig. 4 is a vertical sectional view taken on the line :ca: of Fig. 3,Fig. 5 is a detail perspective view of a locking ring used in connectionwith the faucet or spigot, Fig. 6 is a horizontal sectional view takenon the line g of Fig. 1, looking in the direction of the arrow of saidfigure, Fig. 7 is a horizontal sectional view taken on the line zz ofFig. 4.

To put my invention into practice, I construct my improved faucet orspigot of a body portion 1 having a tapering hollow stem 2 and a hammerhead 3, said head being used when the faucet or spigot is driven into akeg or barrel. The body 1 is provided with an upwardly tapering valvesocket 4, which communicates with the hollow stem 2, through the mediumof openings 5 and 6, said openings being arranged one above the other. i

In the socket 4 of the valve body 1 is mounted a valve 7 adapted tosnugly fit within said socket. The valve is formed with a taperingcontracted shank 8 having two bores 9 and 10 formed therein, whichcommunicate with the openings 5 and 6 respectively. tracted shank 8 is aresilient sleeve 11 preferably constructed of rubber.

To retain the tapering valve 7 within its socket, the valve is formed atits upper end with a contracted threaded stem 12 having a verticallydisposed groove 14 formed therein. Fitting over the stem 12 is a washeror collar 15 having an upwardly extending prong 16 adapted to engage inthe groove 14 of sald stem. The collar or washer 15 rests upon the topof the body 1 and is retained therein and in engagement with the stem 12by a nut 17 threaded upon said stem.

To limit the revoluble movement of the valve, I cut away the faucet body1, as at 18, to provide two shoulders 19, and adapted to engage saidshoulders is a pin 20 carried by the valve 7.

The end of the hollow stem 2 is partially closed the same being providedwith a perforated plate 21 having its upper edge formed with anindentation 22, which serves functionally as a deflector, for deflectingair or gas through an opening 23 formed upon the upper side of thehollow stem 2. After the faucet or spigot has been driven into a barrelor keg, a bottle 24 or similar receptacle is placed in frictionalengagement with the sleeve 11 of the shank 8. The bottle or receptacleis then used as a handle or lever to rotate the valve 7 and place thebores 9 and 10 in communication with the openings 5 and 6 respectively.The contents of the barrel are adapted to enter the perforations of theplate 21, pass through the hollow stem 2 to the opening 5 and throughbore 9 to the bottle 24. The bore 10 and the opening 6 are employed forallowing the air and gas to escape from the bottle 24, through thehollow stem 2 and the opening 23 into the keg or barrel, the indentation22 serving to deflect the air and gas upwardly into the opening 23.

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the drawings, itwill be 0b- Mounted upon the tapering conserved that the valve 7 can beeasily and quickly manipulated either to place the bores 9 and 10 incommunication with the openings 5 and 6 or to close said openings. Thepin limits the rotative movement which may be imparted to the valve 7,the said pin engaging one of the shoulders 19 when the valve has beenturned so as to bring ports 9 and 10 in communication with ports 5 and6, and when the valve is turned so as to engage the pin 20 with theother shoulder 19, the ports 5 and 6 have passed entirely out ofcommunication with ports 5 and 6, and the valve is closed.

The novel construction of the faucet or spigot permits of the same beingeasily and quickly cleansed, and while I have herein described the sameas being particularly designed for beer kegs, and barrels, it is obviousthat the faucet or spigot can be constructed for other purposes.

Such changes in the size, proportion and minor details of constructionas are permissible by the appended claims, may be resorted to withoutdeparting from the spirit and scope of the invention.

What I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is I 1. A faucet orspigot consisting of a body having a hollow tapering stem, a hammer headcarried by said faucet body, said hollow stem having an opening formedadjacent to its end, a perforated plate mounted in the end of said stemand having an indentation for deflecting air or gas through saidopening, said faucet body having a valve socket formed therein, a valvemounted in said socket and having a tapering shank, a resilient sleevemounted upon said shank, said valve and shank having bores formedtherein adapted to communicate with said hollow stem, means to retainsaid valve within said socket, and means to limit the movement of saidvalve within said socket.

2. A faucet or spigot consisting of a body having a socket formedtherein, a hollow stem carried by said body, and communi- I eating withsaid socket, said stem having an opening formed therein, a perforatedplate mounted in the end of said stem and having an indentation fordeflecting air or gas through said opening, a valve mounted in thesocket of said faucet body and having a tapering shank, a resilientsleeve mounted upon said shank, said valve and shank having bores formedtherein adapted to communicate with said hollow stem, means to retainsaid valve in said socket, and means to limit the movement of said valvewithin said socket.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in the presence of twowitnesses.

CASPER DUERST. Witnesses:

PAUL WENZIG,

KARL GETTNER.

